CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Markets:  Eight cuts by the Fed!  Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/401k-retirement-stock-market-58db3bdb?mod=hp_lead_pos5
915-930

#Markets:  Elon Musk and the strange conduct of the Administration.  Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4361551-bidens-alarming-harassment-of-elon-musk/
 

930-945

POTUS: Why did the Washington Post publish a 25 year old story of Jim Biden? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/as-dems-panic-over-2024-washington-post-dredges-up-biden-brothers-ties-to-corrupt-mississippi-lawyer-and-associates/

945-1000

#Trump: The unusual interpretation of the 1512 law in order to prosecute starting March 4. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-obstruction-charges-that-may-derail-trumps-election-interference-trial/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Houthis: Who are the Houthis and what are their capabilities. Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2023/12/18/biden-should-get-tough-on-tehran-to-better-stand-with-israel-against-hamas/

1015-1030

#RedSea: The price of shipping, oil, insurance, war-fighting as the Houthis attack. Simon Constable, Ocitainie

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

1030-1045

EU: Viktor Orban left the room while the EU voted unanimously; then he returned. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/91246

1045-1100

EU: Poland asks for an armament and defense  plan now for after the Ukraine war. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/91246

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
#StateThinking: The Houthis open fire & What is to be done? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/red-sea-attacks-worry-shipping-companies-even-as-u-s-sends-warships-382cdafa?mod=hp_lead_pos7

1115-1130

#StateThinking:Why won't the Administration rally the nation to the Ukraine cause after 22 months of war?  @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-considers-proposal-by-army-to-mobilise-another-500000-for-war/ar-AA1lL9AJ

1130-1145

1/2: #Oceania: The tireless #PRC aims to bribe the Republic of the Marshall Islands & What is to be done? Cleo Paskal, FDD. Grant Newsham, author "When China Attacks." Sunday Guardian

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2023/12/17/in-the-pacific-u-s-bureaucracy-messes-up-against-prc-influence-operation/

1145-1200

1/2: #Oceania: The tireless #PRC aims to bribe the Republic of the Marshall Islands & What is to be done? Cleo Paskal, FDD. Grant Newsham, author "When China Attacks." Sunday Guardian

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2023/12/17/in-the-pacific-u-s-bureaucracy-messes-up-against-prc-influence-operation/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Houthis:  Insurance costs drive shipping from the Red Sea. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/red-sea-attacks-worry-shipping-companies-even-as-u-s-sends-warships-382cdafa?mod=hp_lead_pos7

1215-1230

#Houthis: Tasks Forces gather & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

1230-1245

#SierraLeone: President Bio pulls Freetown into darkness visible. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2023/12/18/sierra-leone-current-bodyguards-of-former-president-koroma-also-involved-in-coup-plot-information-minister/

1245-100 am

#KingCharlesReport: Joe Biden breaks off trade talks with the UK: can the King restore the special relationship? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.theguardian.com/us/sport

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Markets:  Eight cuts by the Fed!  Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/401k-retirement-stock-market-58db3bdb?mod=hp_lead_pos5
915-930

#Markets:  Elon Musk and the strange conduct of the Administration.  Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4361551-bidens-alarming-harassment-of-elon-musk/
 

930-945

POTUS: Why did the Washington Post publish a 25 year old story of Jim Biden? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/as-dems-panic-over-2024-washington-post-dredges-up-biden-brothers-ties-to-corrupt-mississippi-lawyer-and-associates/

945-1000

#Trump: The unusual interpretation of the 1512 law in order to prosecute starting March 4. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-obstruction-charges-that-may-derail-trumps-election-interference-trial/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Houthis: Who are the Houthis and what are their capabilities. Behnam ben Taleblu, FDD

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2023/12/18/biden-should-get-tough-on-tehran-to-better-stand-with-israel-against-hamas/

1015-1030

#RedSea: The price of shipping, oil, insurance, war-fighting as the Houthis attack. Simon Constable, Ocitainie

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

1030-1045

EU: Viktor Orban left the room while the EU voted unanimously; then he returned. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/91246

1045-1100

EU: Poland asks for an armament and defense  plan now for after the Ukraine war. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin.

https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/91246

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
#StateThinking: The Houthis open fire & What is to be done? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/red-sea-attacks-worry-shipping-companies-even-as-u-s-sends-warships-382cdafa?mod=hp_lead_pos7

1115-1130

#StateThinking:Why won't the Administration rally the nation to the Ukraine cause after 22 months of war?  @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-considers-proposal-by-army-to-mobilise-another-500000-for-war/ar-AA1lL9AJ

1130-1145

1/2: #Oceania: The tireless #PRC aims to bribe the Republic of the Marshall Islands & What is to be done? Cleo Paskal, FDD. Grant Newsham, author "When China Attacks." Sunday Guardian

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2023/12/17/in-the-pacific-u-s-bureaucracy-messes-up-against-prc-influence-operation/

1145-1200

1/2: #Oceania: The tireless #PRC aims to bribe the Republic of the Marshall Islands & What is to be done? Cleo Paskal, FDD. Grant Newsham, author "When China Attacks." Sunday Guardian

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2023/12/17/in-the-pacific-u-s-bureaucracy-messes-up-against-prc-influence-operation/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Houthis:  Insurance costs drive shipping from the Red Sea. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/red-sea-attacks-worry-shipping-companies-even-as-u-s-sends-warships-382cdafa?mod=hp_lead_pos7

1215-1230

#Houthis: Tasks Forces gather & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.ft.com/content/deb4d0e7-e439-46bd-9cae-9f9da7a4b607

1230-1245

#SierraLeone: President Bio pulls Freetown into darkness visible. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2023/12/18/sierra-leone-current-bodyguards-of-former-president-koroma-also-involved-in-coup-plot-information-minister/

1245-100 am

#KingCharlesReport: Joe Biden breaks off trade talks with the UK: can the King restore the special relationship? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.theguardian.com/us/sport